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Communication

First Report of Hepatitis E Virus in Shellfish in Southeast Italy

by
Gianfranco La Bella
1,*,
Maria Grazia Basanisi
1,
Gaia Nobili
1,
Valentina Terio
2,
Elisabetta Suffredini
3 and
Giovanna La Salandra
1,*
1
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, 71121 Foggia, Italy
2
Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari, 70010 Valenzano, Italy
3
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Dipartimento di Sicurezza Alimentare, Nutrizione e Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria-Laboratorio Nazionale di Riferimento per i Virus di Origine Alimentare, 00161 Rome, Italy
*
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Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(1), 43; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010043
Submission received: 11 November 2020 / Revised: 11 December 2020 / Accepted: 21 December 2020 / Published: 23 December 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Food-Borne and Water-Borne Viruses)
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Abstract

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) represents one of the principal causative agents of hepatitis globally. Among the five HEV genotypes affecting humans, genotypes 3 and 4 are zoonotic and are the main source of hepatitis E in developed countries. HEV has been detected in several foods. The present work investigated the presence of this virus in shellfish sold at retail in the Apulia region of Italy. The presence of HEV RNA was assessed by real-time RT-PCR in 225 shellfish samples collected during 2018. Overall, two (0.89%) of these samples tested positive for HEV RNA. To our knowledge, this is the first notification of the detection of HEV in mussels sold at retail in the Apulia region. These data highlight the potential role of shellfish as a vehicle for the transmission of viral pathogens.
Keywords: hepatitis E virus; shellfish; food-borne; risk assessment hepatitis E virus; shellfish; food-borne; risk assessment

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La Bella, G.; Basanisi, M.G.; Nobili, G.; Terio, V.; Suffredini, E.; La Salandra, G. First Report of Hepatitis E Virus in Shellfish in Southeast Italy. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010043

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La Bella G, Basanisi MG, Nobili G, Terio V, Suffredini E, La Salandra G. First Report of Hepatitis E Virus in Shellfish in Southeast Italy. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(1):43. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010043

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La Bella, Gianfranco, Maria Grazia Basanisi, Gaia Nobili, Valentina Terio, Elisabetta Suffredini, and Giovanna La Salandra. 2021. "First Report of Hepatitis E Virus in Shellfish in Southeast Italy" Applied Sciences 11, no. 1: 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010043

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La Bella, G., Basanisi, M. G., Nobili, G., Terio, V., Suffredini, E., & La Salandra, G. (2021). First Report of Hepatitis E Virus in Shellfish in Southeast Italy. Applied Sciences, 11(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11010043

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